In Madagascar, under the agreement reached Wednesday, Andry Rajoelina will be the head of state to lead a transitional
government until elections are held in November next year.

Rajoelina is however
barred from participating in the presidential election as a vice president and
prime minister were named in the new cabinet.

Political analysts say the
agreement would go a long way in resolving the ongoing political crisis.

Ablasse Ouedraogo, the African Union's special representative to Madagascar
who acted as a mediator said that the continental
body is confident in the smooth implementation of the just concluded agreement.

"In
Madagascar, we have a regime which came to power by a coup d'état. This is
unacceptable. And the ultimate goal of the African Union as well as for the
international community is to bring Madagascar back to the constitutional
order," Ouedraogo said.

He
said a timeline was unanimously agreed told hold general elections next year.

"In
a period of 15 months decided by Malagasy politicians to organize elections,
transparent and credible elections to have a new president and a new
constitution for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of
Madagascar," he said.

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Ouedraogo
said there is need for international involvement in the election.

"Since
we do have a roadmap now, we have to mobilize the entire international
community for the organization of this election," Ouedraogo said.

He
said the African Union will support Madagascar's democracy efforts.

"The
first support is to have a close followup on the implementation of the charter
adopted and signed by the Malagasy politicians. And as soon as the transitional
institutions are in place, we do believe that we are now in a normal situation,
which will allow all the international community to intervene and to give
appropriate support to Madagascar," he said.

Ouedraogo
said the African Union did well in mediating the negotiations that led to the
agreement.

"We
started the negotiations sometime in April and we got the agreement as well as
the charter for the transition signed on the 9th of August and today
we have…after one day meeting we have now the heads of all the institutions,"
Ouedraogo said.

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He
expressed confidence in the new transitional cabinet ahead of the election.

"We
do believe that really with more political goodwill, we will continue the
process… as you know nothing is easy. We still have to put pressure on the
people in power in Madagascar in such a way to make sure that we will not miss our
target," he said.

Meanwhile
United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon has welcomed the new transitional
government ahead of the November 2010 scheduled elections.

Madagascar
is however still under suspension from the African Union and the Southern
African Development Community (SADC) after both bodies condemned Andry
Rajoelina'a ascension to power as a coup d'état.